Monday, November 25, 2013

Winter break!

Woohoo!  It is the week of Thanksgiving, which gives me the opportunity to relax a while.  Every year we take off this week until the first Monday in January.  Without the added focus of daily schoolwork, this gives me the opportunity to focus on preparing for the holidays and doing fun little crafts and activities with the kids.  We all welcome this nice long break, and it just gives us all a chance to step back and really enjoy one another as a family without the pressures and expectations of academics thrown into the mix.

During this time, the kids will watch too much television, make lots of messes with art supplies, cook a ton with me, play together, read, get on computers, pretty much anything we come up with.  We also will spend time focusing on life skills like fine-tuning chores that we do, and getting my end of year deep cleaning done (hopefully!).

As for me, well my plan for this time is to create a 6 month plan for January through June.  Since we have a baby coming in May, I need to make sure I have a plan in place to cover potential third trimester bedrest and complications plus time for me to recover from birth and surgery.  I don't want this period to go like it did with my last pregnancy, as we were totally unprepared for the challenges of having me on bedrest for 3 months and the complications that come with pregnancy-induced hypertension.

I'll keep you updated with my plans that are in process.  I have a rough idea what is going to be put into place, but we'll see what it turns into as I write it out for us.